LINE GRAPH

• The line graph shows growth in the consumption of renewable energy during
the period 1949-2008 in the USA. The results are also broken down by source.
• The first thing to note is that renewable energy use more than doubled over the
period, with particularly strong growth in biofuels. This sector did not exist in
1980 but experienced a steep rise during the 2000s to over one quadrillion Btu
per year. This made biofuels a serious challenger to both wood and
hydroelectric power, which both saw only limited growth overall. The former
grew steadily between 1975 and 1985, but then slipped back to around its
original level of 1.8 quadrillion Btu. The latter began the period at the same
level as wood but experienced more substantial growth. However, it also fell
back to around 2 quadrillion Btu, with a particularly sharp drop in the late
1990s.
• Finally, wind power emerged late in the period but showed a gradual rise to
around 0.5 quadrillion Btu, suggesting that it, along with biofuels, will replace
wood and hydroelectricity as the main sources of renewable every in the
future.
• The given line graph depicts information about how many foreigners visited three separate
regions in a European nation, during the span of a 20-year period from 1987 to 2007.
• Overall, the most notable detail is that those three regions all attracted an increasing number
of foreigners. In addition, the lakes’ tourist figures witnessed the most dramatic change
among those given.
• In more detail, at approximately 10,000 visitors in 1987, the quantity of foreign travelers who
were attracted to the lakes gradually rose to around 50,000 in 2000, before peaking at
approximately 75,000 tourists in 2002, This figure then dropped back down to approximately
50,000 people in 2007.
• With regards to tourist numbers in coastal and mountainous areas, the overall figures
increased, however mountainous areas remained the least attractive travel option out of the
three. In 1987, the number of those who chose the coast as a travel destination stood at
40,000, compared to only 20,000 travelers who went to the mountains. In the next 14 years,
the coast witnessed a slight decrease in the quantity of visitors by a few thousand, which
was followed by a significant climb to around 60,000 people, whereas the number of those
visiting mountainous areas went up remarkably to 30,000 in 2001. In the final 6 years, while
the quantity of overseas tourists going to the coast rose moderately to above 70,000, there
was a slight climb in those who paid a visit to the mountains to about 35,000.